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| − | * Write a program called hw9a.py that outputs average length of the presidency of US presidents, categorized by party. Your program should get the information from a file called '''presidents.txt''', whose contents is available [[CSC111 presidents.txt| here]] | + | * Write a program called hw9a.py that outputs average length of the presidency of US presidents, categorized by party. Your program should get the information from a file called '''presidents.txt''', whose contents is available [[CSC111 presidents.txt| here]]. |
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* The output of your program should look something like this: | * The output of your program should look something like this: | ||
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Others: x.xx years | Others: x.xx years | ||
| − | * The number of presidents (44) should be the number found by your program in the text file. When I test your program, I may provide a '''presidents.txt''' file with fewer than 44. Or with no presidents at all! Be sure you test your program well! | + | * The number of presidents (44) should be the number found by your program in the text file. When I test your program, I may provide a '''presidents.txt''' file with fewer than 44 presidents. Or with no presidents at all! Be sure you test your program well! |
* Submit your program as follows: | * Submit your program as follows: | ||
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Problem #1
- Write a program called hw9a.py that outputs average length of the presidency of US presidents, categorized by party. Your program should get the information from a file called presidents.txt, whose contents is available here.
- If you are working on beowulf, you can get a copy of the file into your account this way:
getcopy presidents.txt
- The output of your program should look something like this:
Average length of presidency. 44 presidents Democratic presidents: x.xx years Republican presidents: x.xx years Others: x.xx years
- The number of presidents (44) should be the number found by your program in the text file. When I test your program, I may provide a presidents.txt file with fewer than 44 presidents. Or with no presidents at all! Be sure you test your program well!
- Submit your program as follows:
rsubmit hw7 hw7a.py
- if you worked on beowulf, or submit your program using this page: http://cs.smith.edu/~111a/submit9.html
